http://stopthiscrazything.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-peace/ First Sharing Thoughts With Friends, Then With Others Mon, 19 May 2008 08:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://stopthiscrazything.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/whats-wrong-with-peace/#comment-2 speecher Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:19:58 +0000 http://stopthiscrazything.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-2 I agree with your take on recklessness. I believe that the fear many individuals have regarding pacifism and peace is founded in the "what if" question. "What if" we don't fight and defend ourselves? "What if" we wait too long and we are not ready? "What if" we don't show resolve from the very beginning of a conflict? These are serious questions for serious times. We continue to ignore history in favor of storytelling. But the last thing we need is for our history to be "Disney-fied." History tells us that we have fought and fought hard. But we are still fighting. What we have done... and continue to do... is not working. Peace is not weak. To say so means that Jesus Christ was weak. He was not weak. And neither is peace. I agree with your take on recklessness. I believe that the fear many individuals have regarding pacifism and peace is founded in the “what if” question. “What if” we don’t fight and defend ourselves? “What if” we wait too long and we are not ready? “What if” we don’t show resolve from the very beginning of a conflict? These are serious questions for serious times. We continue to ignore history in favor of storytelling. But the last thing we need is for our history to be “Disney-fied.” History tells us that we have fought and fought hard. But we are still fighting. What we have done… and continue to do… is not working. Peace is not weak. To say so means that Jesus Christ was weak. He was not weak. And neither is peace.

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